Bloemfontein

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Afrikaans Bloemfontein, from Dutch Bloemfontein.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈbluːmfɒnˌteɪn/

Proper noun

Bloemfontein

A major city, the capital of Free State province, and judicial capital of South Africa.
Synonyms: Bloem, Mangaung

Coordinate terms: Cape Town, Pretoria

Translations

city

Afrikaans: Bloemfontein (af)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 布隆方丹 (zh) (Bùlóngfāngdān)
Danish: Bloemfontein
Dutch: Bloemfontein n
French: Bloemfontein (fr) m
German: Bloemfontein (de) n
Greek: Μπλουμφοντέιν (el) n (Bloumfontéin)
Indonesian: Bloemfontein
Japanese: ブルームフォンテーン (Burūmufontēn)
Korean: 블룸폰테인 (ko) (Beullumpontein)
Polish: Bloemfontein (pl) n
Portuguese: Bloemfontein (pt) f
Russian: Блу́мфонте́йн m (Blúmfontɛ́jn)
Sotho: Mangaung (st)
Spanish: Bloemfontein (es)
Zulu: please add this translation if you can

Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch Bloemfontein; equivalent to blom +‎ fontein.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈblumfɔntəi̯n/
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Proper noun

Bloemfontein

Bloemfontein (the judicial capital of South Africa)

Dutch

Etymology

From bloem +‎ fontein.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈblum.fɔnˌtɛi̯n/
Hyphenation: Bloem‧fon‧tein

Proper noun

Bloemfontein

Bloemfontein (a city in South Africa)

Descendants

Afrikaans: Bloemfontein

Polish

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from Afrikaans Bloemfontein, from Dutch Bloemfontein.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /blumˈfɔn.tɛjn/
Rhymes: -ɔntɛjn
Syllabification: Bloem‧fon‧tein

Proper noun

Bloemfontein n (indeclinable)

Bloemfontein (a city, the judicial capital of South Africa)

Further reading

Bloemfontein in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese

Proper noun

Bloemfontein f

Bloemfontein (the judicial capital of South Africa)

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